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The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America by Ethan Michaeli

Available now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in hardcover for $20.oo. Throughout the 20th century, African-Americans faced extraordinary difficulties as they tried to earn a decent living and break the barriers that […]

  • Robert O'Connor
  • January 22, 2016
    • Lit , Live lit events , Reviews

    Fillet of Solo 2016 Serves Up Storytelling Goodness

    Lifeline Theatre presents Fillet of Solo, a festival which celebrates Chicago’s storytelling and live lit scene. 14 storytelling collectives and solo performances come together for a three-week, multi-venue performance of […]

  • Brianna Kratz
  • January 21, 2016
    • Lit , Uncategorized

    R.O.W.E. Week 2: Zelda

    I’m Brianna Kratz, a Chicago poet and reader. For 2016 I am reading only women authors for my Read Only Women Experiment (R.O.W.E.). For weekly updates on challenges, conversations, and […]

  • Brianna Kratz
  • January 16, 2016
    • Lit

    Worldwide Reading Event: Local Authors Support Jailed Poet Ashraf Fayadh

    Live lit events in Chicago can achieve various things at different times. They can be a celebration, perhaps for a new book. They can be a monthly or an annual […]

  • Andrew Hertzberg
  • January 12, 2016
    • Lit

    CHIRP Radio’s “First Blood” at Martyrs’

    CHIRP Radio will be presenting its quarterly storytelling event The First Time with its newest incarnation First Blood January 14 at Martyrs’. The event will include a collection of talented […]

  • Chris Zois
  • January 12, 2016
    • Lit

    R.O.W.E. Week 1: A Question of Apology

    I’m Brianna Kratz, a Chicago poet and reader. For 2016 I am reading only women authors for my Read Only Women Experiment (R.O.W.E.). For weekly updates on challenges, conversations, and […]

  • Brianna Kratz
  • January 10, 2016
    • Lit

    Dorothy Milne on Chicago’s Vibrant Storytelling Scene and the 19th Year of Fillet of Solo

    Fillet of Solo is an annual three week, multi-venue festival celebrating Chicago’s storytelling and live lit scene. Originally produced by Live Bait Theatre, the festival now takes place in Rogers […]

  • Emma Terhaar
  • January 10, 2016
    • Lit

    The Chicago Review of Terrible Books: OINK on the Farm!

    In the last two years, the literary world was stunned by two unexpected—indeed, unasked for—sequels to literary classics. The first, 2015’s “Go Set a Watchman,” set off a firestorm of […]

  • Paul Dailing
  • January 8, 2016
    • Lit , Stages

    Q&A With Story Sessions’ Jill Howe and Rachael Smith

    Like the Poetry Slam of the ’90s and early aughts, storytelling is having its live lit moment in the sun in recent years. Popularized by shows such as The Moth […]

  • JT Newman
  • January 8, 2016
    • Beyond , Lit

    Preview: Story Jam at the Wilmette Theatre

    I’m talking on the phone to Chicago based singer songwriter and bandleader Stephanie Rogers. She tells me about her January 23rd Story Jam performance at the Wilmette Theater. Rogers acts […]

  • Emma Terhaar
  • January 6, 2016
    • Lit

    R.O.W.E.: Read Only Women Experiment

        My name is Brianna. In north side Chicago, born and raised, in the library was where I spent most of my days. Focusing on the classics by J.K. […]

  • Brianna Kratz
  • January 1, 2016
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